Opening Day of Culture Market CLT at Rozzelles Ferry Landing July 19 (rescheduled date)
Culture Market CLT celebrates its opening day on Saturday, July 19, 2025 (rescheduled from June 14 due to weather.) Culture Market CLT is a multicultural market celebrating culture, community and commerce. It features live music, a group fitness class, food and local vendors. More info on the Eventbrite listing....
‘Dedicated and diverse’: Business is booming in North Carolina, thanks to the workforce
What makes Charlotte and North Carolina so attractive to companies? According to North Carolina Commerce Secretary Lee Lilley, you can give credit to the state’s workforce.
Mount Holly dedicating park to honor former slave’s legacy of freedom
Ancestors of the first Black man to own property in Gaston County say they’re humbled by a park built to honor him.
Several Charlotte-area stores fined for price scanning errors
Several stores in Mecklenburg, Union, and Gaston counties were fined for price-scanning errors, with one Family Dollar location in Indian Trail, Union County, receiving the highest fines in the state.
North Carolina man accused of kidnapping woman, found with her in South Carolina
Union County sheriff's investigators find kidnapped woman and arrest ex-boyfriend for domestic violence. Authorities urge victims to seek protection.
Salisbury house previously found with 10 meth labs, explosives searched again for drugs
Man charged with DWI after driving on light rail tracks in South End, records show. The situation reportedly happened on Thursday, June 26, at the tracks near West Worthington Avenue and Camden Road. Tesla slams into Charlotte police car in wild crash caught on camera: Watch here. Updated: 5 hours...
Novant and Atrium compete to add more hospital beds in Mecklenburg County
Charlotte’s largest hospital systems are competing to add more beds for patients in the region, with combined requests totaling over $500 million. Atrium Health and Novant Health submitted proposals to North Carolina’s health department to expand medical services in Mecklenburg County. There’s a need to add 210 acute...
Man dies following two-alarm fire at south Charlotte apartments
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A man has died following a two-alarm apartment fire that left five others injured. The fire broke out early Thursday morning at an apartment building in the 8500 block of Winter Oaks Lane. Charlotte Fire responded to the initial 911 call at 5:27 a.m. to reports of an active […]
York County Man Pleads Guilty to Child Solicitation and Felony Evading
Hunter Thomas Wallace pleaded guilty on July 9 in York County to charges of Criminal Solicitation of a Minor and two counts of Failure to Stop for Blue Lights with Great Bodily Injury. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Perry H. Gravely, as announced today by Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office. The case stems...
One person injured following shooting incident in North Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA — One person was seriously injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in uptown Charlotte, according to MEDIC. The incident occurred around 2:45 a.m. in a parking lot on East 7th Street near the ImaginOn building. Emergency crews responded to the scene and transported one individual to a hospital...